Paranoia and the madness of mobs seems to justify many vigilante type actions.
I think there is a difference between justification and understanding...
(Not aiming this at anyone here, just my general blatherings!)
I appreciate we live life in a fragile state.. it's difficult, we shouldn't have to tip toe around when others (not on this thread, just in life) will take offence at very nearly anything, however we also do need to know our audiences in life... there has been a lot of talk since the start of 2020 about the large amounts of
...I guess the same could be said for drone operators... I've (afaik) never caused an issue with our drone, we keep away from obvious livestock, try and keep away from others etc. However as I said in a previous post we flew it near someone wild camping the last outing - purposely didn't film them, but had the person suddenly appeared and said "hello" I'd have probably explained I was just getting a few shots of the river/trees/surrounding landscape... I shouldn't need to explain, but there is somewhat a stigma around.
Furthermore, photographing random people in public is not a crime, but I'd throw a loose question to someone if I felt they were snapping me or wife or (if I had any) kids, with their point n shoot... Again, legally they're totally justified in doing so, but paranoia, and suspicions can lead the way...